Gems of life
Every once in a while, you experience an event which will make you stop and makes you think about how beautiful things around you are. How you have been missing the gems of life in your everyday hectic schedule…
Last weekend was like that. I was in bandipur forest and on monday morning,
I saw a few hour old elephant baby taking its first steps in life.
I saw the baby searching for her mother breasts.
I saw the baby trying to figure out how to suck milk out of her mother,
I saw the baby lose balance,
I saw the mother lift her baby back on her feet with her trunk.
i saw the mother making sure she does not step on or hurt the baby in anyway.
I saw the mother protect her baby from me.
I saw the baby’s aunt come and greet her,
I saw the elephant family celebrate the event..
I saw it all. My heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst.
really cool!
Your pix post got paid for in full !
She:
Loves elephants, as in, the general kiddie talk. Just now I made use of your post to show her your pix. Kallu dear, you did say:
Every once in a while, you experience an event which will make you stop and makes you think about how beautiful things around you are. How you have been missing the jems of life in your everyday hectic schedule…
I saw it all. My heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst.
Seeing her reaction my heart also was about to burst out ! 🙂
Much thanx for posting them.
-nerdy
She:
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v295/aivalli/init/Clix%20O%20Nerdy/Photo_071304_001.jpg
Seeing her reaction my heart also was about to burst out !
The small one in my pic that is !
aw so sweet
that was aww…*so* touching.
my heart twinged to see the chains on the mother’s legs though:(
Don’t feel bad. They are very well treated. Infact they are let into the forest in the night. Infact right after I took the shots, they let the mother , the baby and the aunt into the jungle for some private time.
Thats when I had to leave the place as well
aah…that’s reassuring! thanks 🙂
Can I dedicate this post to? 🙂
hehe check out http://kalyanvarma.net/photography/travel/bandipur20041106/elephant/trunk.jpg
thats yathin far away. He ran there, as soon the aunt elephant started making some noise.
You are very very funny! 😉 LOL!
The pictures are beautiful!
🙂 Nice to know you find me funny – not many find that ! 😉
-nerdy
Making of this Elephant story!
Well … that one almost gave a knock punch with it’s leg … 😉
what is jems?
James. Cadbury James.
Excellent pics, Kalyan! Keep going. Even Yathin has taken some great pics.
heh.. what’s funny is that I did not realise I had made a mistake till you posted
lovely pics, kalyan 🙂
dude, awesome pictures.
your emotion “I saw it all. My heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst.” reminded me of the final dialogue in American Beauty : “it’s hard to stay mad when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst…” (C)Alan Ball
Thats my all time fav movie 🙂
kalyan, excellent pics. i could feel your feelings watching them. kudos!
another wall paper thank you dude 😉
Awww! you spoilt it by correcting the spellings, We envy you your time and location 😉
Oh yeah, mine too 🙂
great pictures dude
Why dont you put up your experiences regarding the entire trip, what about the patient waits for the right moments, mosquitoes, some technical details of the photos etc..
Again, Great photos.
Re: great pictures dude
Yathin had putup a nice write up : http://shire.symonds.net/~yathin/trips/bandipur/1/
No point re-writing it again 🙂
Btw you have a lovely userpic.. feels like its from the movie matrix
Re: great pictures dude
Try going to edamuri and balmuri. If you want to take really good snaps in midst of flowing water this is the place ….but dont go to spot where currents are strong , in middle of edamuri and balamuri there lies rocks where we can rest and I have gone there many times to enjoy pristene , smooth calm waters admidst beautiful natural scenes 😉
Sigh i dont yet possess a digital camera 🙁
And the one who said bye to you in the city bus.
Well she is yet to say ‘Hi’ to me. Even you for the matter haven’t ‘hi’ed to me since long !
-nerdy